# brianvoe/slim-select

Slim advanced select dropdown

Repository: https://github.com/brianvoe/slim-select
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/slim-select
Homepage: http://slimselectjs.com
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: select, search, vanilla-javascript, javascript, dropdown
Last push: 2026-08-20T23:28:08+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 58, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3455, "days_push": 13, "days_rel": 68, "gap_med": 325.5, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1329, forks 226 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:23.796391+00:00)

## What it is
Slim Select is a lightweight, dependency-free JavaScript library that replaces the native HTML <select> element with an advanced dropdown supporting single/multi-select, search, optgroups, remote data, and modal mode. It is themeable via CSS variables, WCAG 2.1 AA accessible, and ships with official Vue 3 and React wrappers.

## Use cases
- replace native select dropdown with searchable multi-select
- add search to a select box in vanilla javascript
- multi-select dropdown with tags for a form
- accessible select component with keyboard and screen reader support
- select dropdown with remote API search
- theme a select dropdown with css variables
- mobile-friendly select dropdown modal

## When to choose
- you need a dependency-free, lightweight select replacement in any stack
- you want searchable single or multi-select with optgroups and remote data
- accessibility (WCAG 2.1 AA) and reduced-motion support are requirements
- you want CSS-variable theming without fighting class specificity
- you use Vue 3 or React and want an official wrapper

## When to avoid
- you need a full UI component library with many other widgets
- you want a framework-native component tightly coupled to a specific framework's ecosystem
- you need extremely old browser support without transpilation

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: ui-components, form-handling, search-engine, accessibility
- domain: frontend, web-development, accessibility
- platform: browser
- tags: select-dropdown, multiselect, vanilla-javascript, zero-dependencies, css-variables, theming, react-wrapper, vue-wrapper, wcag, javascript, typescript, nodejs

## Member repositories
- brianvoe/slim-select (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.796391+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:45:38.701862+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/brianvoe/slim-select (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:23.796391+00:00, sha af501063d887)
  - homepage: http://slimselectjs.com (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:02.033132+00:00, sha d351499538a6)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/slim-select (fetched 2026-08-29T12:05:02.057780+00:00, sha 80fa210ccbc3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.